Welcome to Unit 1! Getting started is as simple as watching the YouTube video links below. Charlotte Mason incorporated solfa lessons twice a week for about 10 minutes each. These lessons are intended to be repeated. You may stay on each lesson for as long as you wish. (See a sample lesson schedule.)
We have also created a printable PDF with instructions, notated music, and video links for each lesson. The PDF is available here: Unit 1 PDF
Imitation and Echo
- Lesson 1 – My Four Voices
- Lesson 2 – No More Pie
- Lesson 3 – John the Rabbit
- Lesson 4 – The Working Man
Steady Beat
- Lesson 5 – Cobbler, Cobbler
- Lesson 6 – Johnny Works with One Hammer
- Lesson 7 – Hickory Dickory Dock
- Lesson 8 – My Country, ‘Tis of Thee
Singing Games
- Lesson 9 – Doggie, Doggie
- Lesson 10 – Here Comes a Bluebird
- Lesson 11 – Old King Glory
- Lesson 12 – Snail, Snail
The next unit introduces solfa syllables and hand signs. If your children are younger than six, we recommend that you spend these years singing without the added complication of solfa. Nursery rhymes (see below) and foreign language songs are appropriate at this stage. Your younger children are welcome to sing along with the songs in the following units, but please don’t require solfa and hand signs. It’s fine if your children do them voluntarily.
